Happy Winter!As February break approaches, I wanted to update everyone on what is happening in our classroom. We have been very busy! In Literacy we just completed a unit on Greek Mythology and we are starting a nonfiction unit, focussing on answering questions from text. We are learning about Force and Motion in Theme and have recently built a roller coaster in the classroom! Ask your child about it and the energy transfer that takes place on a rollercoaster. We had a lot of fun! We will be having a Valentine's Day valentine exchange on Wednesday. If you would like to contribute a snack for that afternoon please let me know. The class list is below:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope everyone has a peaceful, restful, and healthy Thanksgiving break. I sent home a reading log that is due on Monday, the 27th hoping everyone could read a little over the break, but just as importantly, I hope that everyone gets outside and enjoys our refreshing Vermont air!We have completed one part of our writing for our Natural Disaster Unit and will be working on the engineering part when we get back. Be on the look-out for supply requests! The students are really enjoying this! Stop by and see their group posters!Winter temperatures are here, as you know. Please make sure your child comes to school prepared for recess and outdoor PE. There is nothing worse than coming in from recess wet and cold, and going right back out for PE! Students are welcome to hang a set of clothes right on their coat-hook.

Thankful to be the teacher of this wonderful class,

Cindy Scott​

So good to be back! Our class is a busy, happy class! We will be working on Community Building for the next two weeks, while slowly incorporating our curriculum into the day. Building a classroom community is so important to a successful year. It helps the third graders to adjust to a multi-age classroom, while helping the fourth graders to become positive leaders. This year third and fourth graders will have even more access to technology. In our classroom we now have a computer cart which the students will use for learning to type, math practice, reading practice, and some of our required assessments. I will share their log-ins with you in the near future, once we are fully immersed in our curriculum.Students: Here is our second weekly challenge: What did the Abenaki Tribe use for trade?

Classroom News Scott's Third and Fourth Grades June 21, 2017 Have a healthy safe summer! Dear Families,This year flew so quickly! I have enjoyed your children immensely! Although I am always sad to send my fourth graders on, this year it is more so! What a wonderful group they are, and such great leaders for my third graders. I will miss them and their smiles and their eagerness to learn. This year our students learned so much about our world. This unit of study taught them not only basic geography, but map skills, informational text reading and writing, and even some math! There were also many hands-on projects. This was a heavy unit! Many third graders are still learning to read at the beginning of the year, but all made the transfer of reading to learn. I am always so impressed with these eight year old children! I would also like to thank everyone for their support throughout the year. Thank you to the chaperones, volunteers, fund-raising supporters, guest readers, and parents who called or popped in to show interest in their child's progress! It is not a wonder I had such a great group of children! Stay Tuned! We are still in the interviewing process for two of our new 5/6 teachers so I am sorry to say that I am unable to inform all fourth graders of their new teacher. Students and parents will receive that information before the fall. For my new Fourth Graders: Get ready to go on another adventure in the fall! We have a brand new unit of study and I can't wait to help you discover it! I'll tell you about it later in the summer. For now just enjoy the summer! You will have the job of being a mentor to a new third grader, just like you had when you entered third grade. Be ready to be as supportive as you can because this will be all new to them! Please have a safe, healthy, happy summer! Wear a helmet, read a book or two, and as always, practice your multiplication facts! See you soon! Woo-hoo! Summer Vacation! ​

I hope everyone is enjoying this very deserved break! I am looking forward to going back to school, and seeing my student's smiling faces! I would like to take this time to remind parents that our Read-A-Thon information was sent home before break. We will have our read-a-thon on April 26th, Wednesday. Please remind your child to bring back the sponsor sheet before Wednesday. On Thursday April 27th, our class has ECO. The woods are still pretty wet so please send your child with adequate clothing.

On the week of May 8th, in honor of Mother's Day, our class would like to invite our mothers in to our class to read us a story. The story can be anything you choose! We will be studying Traditional Literature in the next few weeks so if you choose a Fairy Tale, that would be great! The best times for us would be any day that week from 8:30- 10;30, or at 2:00. Please feel very welcome, but if you are not able to, please don't feel bad! Please call me at school, ext 218 to set up your time! Thank you for all your support.

Looks like Spring is finally here! As usual, we are very busy in the classroom! We have completed our World Geography Unit and are now in the midst of the SBAC testing that is required. On that note; Please make sure your child is rested and hydrated. We have many scheduled breaks throughout the day and other activities planned to help alleviate any stress that assessments usually bring!

We will be having a fund-raiser to help pay for our end of the year field trip. We will have our annual Read-A-Thon on April 26th. The children will be bringing home the information, but here it is in a nutshell. Students gather pledges for reading. It can be a pledge per page or a flat rate for the whole day. After the Read-a-thon students will collect the money from the people who have sponsored them. We encourage students to ask only people they know. Not only is this a great fund-raiser, the students love this special read_a-thon day.

The trip that we are planning to go on is to The Franklin Zoo in Boston. We are trying to raise enough money to rent a bus that is comfortable for the three hour ride, has a bathroom on it, and limited entertainment. There will be more information coming in the near future so stay tuned!

It was great to see so many of you at our World Geography night! The students were so proud and so was I! I am always amazed by how much they learn in such a short time. It was also great to see you at Parent/Teacher conferences. If you were unable to make it, please call and we can set up a time that is convenient for you. Thank you all for your support!​